{"product_id":"yield-under-great-persuasion","title":"Yield Under Great Persuasion","description":"\u003ch1\u003eYield Under Great Persuasion\u003c\/h1\u003eAlexandra Rowland\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Alexandra Rowland\u003cbr\u003eSeptember 17 2024\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781957461113\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 195746111X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA cozy M\/M romantasy from the author of A TASTE OF GOLD AND IRON: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Alongside the sexiness and absurdity (and the sexy absurdity) in Yield Under Great Persuasion is a tender, resonant story of second and third chances and being loved when we need it most and feel we deserve it least. Evocative, emotional, and endlessly entertaining.\" -Jules Arbeaux, author of \u003cem\u003eLord of the Empty Isles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTam Becket has hated Lord Lyford since they were boys. The fact that he's also been sleeping with the man for the last ten years is irrelevant. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen they were both nine years old, Lyford smashed Tam's entry into the village's vegetable competition. Nearly twenty years later, Tam hasn't forgiven him. No one understands how deeply he was hurt that day, how it set a pattern of disappointments and small misfortunes that would run through the rest of his life. Now Tam has reconciled himself to the fact that love and affection are for other people, that the gods don't care and won't answer any of his prayers (not even the one about afflicting Lyford with a case of flesh-eating spiders to chew off his privates), and that life is inherently mundane, joyless, and drab.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then, the very last straw: Tam discovers that Lyford (of all people!) bears the divine favor of Angarat, the goddess Tam feels most betrayed and abandoned by. In his hurt and anger, Tam packs up and prepares to leave the village for good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the journey doesn't take him far, and Tam soon finds himself set on a quest for the most difficult of all possible prizes: Self care, forgiveness, a second chance\u003cem\u003e... \u003c\/em\u003eand somehow the unbelievably precious knowledge that there is at least one person who loves Tam for exactly who he is-and always has.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44070440697901,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_7972af3f-ec6a-418b-b9c8-779fd09da96a.jpg?v=1759135644","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/yield-under-great-persuasion","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}